Places
- England
- Lindisfarne, Northumberland, home of a medieval monastery
- Ireland
- Inish Cealtra, near Mountshannon on the west shore of Lough Derg
- Russia
- Vaygach Island, Arctic Circle, with one community of 100 inhabitants, Varnek, Russia
- Scotland
- Eileach an Naoimh, also known as Holy Isle, located in the Firth of Lorn
- Holy Isle, Firth of Clyde, off the Isle of Arran
- United States
- Holy Island, Massachusetts
- Wales
- Holy Island, Anglesey
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